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Seanad: Defence Matters: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Malahide community school.

Seanad: Gambling Legislation: Motion (27 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I move:That Seanad Éireann:- notes the establishment of the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Gambling in January 2018; - considers it appropriate that due regard be given to establishing a Gambling Regulatory Authority; - acknowledges that problem gambling can result in the problem gambler, and their family, bearing the severest economic and personal costs; - recognises recent...

Seanad: Gambling Legislation: Motion (27 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Gambling Legislation: Motion (27 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Minister of State for his response and colleagues who spoke in favour of the motion. I want to put into context what we are talking about. The criminal who imported young girls into this country on the pretence that they were coming as waitresses beat the living daylights out of them in the midlands, put them into prostitution in Dublin, and laundered his money through betting...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Momo issue to which my colleague has just referred relates to children's access to digital technology. The Leader will recall that I introduced a Bill here some time ago attempting to limit children's access to digital technology, particularly in school, without permission. We must step up to the plate here and parents must start taking responsibility. When one hands a mobile telephone...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I move amendment No. 91b:In page 31, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“45. (1) Nothing in this Act shall require any member of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, or the High Court to apply to the Commission for consideration for appointment to any other judicial office in any of those courts (including the offices of Chief Justice, President of the Court of Appeal,...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I support Senator McDowell's amendment. The Acting Chairman has been involved in boards of management of schools and the like and he is aware of the difficulty that is experienced at a time when a vacancy arises within an organisation. Here we are talking about a public appointment to a senior judicial position. One sets a date by which the recommendation has to be brought before the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I compliment the Minister on his sharp observation of what he perceives as some dispute between my two colleagues.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Senator Norris is making his opinions known and there is no disagreement between my two colleagues. We are back to the same thing here which worries me. When I hear a Minister saying that he is confident something will happen or that he is fairly sure that at the end of the day, people will do this, that or the other, I note that unless it is written down in black and white, what one is...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Something I had not considered when I spoke before Senator McDowell is the onerous task that arises when a vacancy is to be filled. The Senator made the point that the questions would have to be the same for all applicants. Surely the marking scheme will then have to be the same for all applicants. A set of questions which would be deemed fair to all applicants will not easily be put...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The Labour Court has for years been bogged down in appeals over public service appointments in respect of which the same questions were not asked, the same marking schemes did not apply, or the marking scheme was not robust when it came under scrutiny.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I am only getting warmed up.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The first issue I want to address is the failed system to encourage retired officers of the Air Corps to return. A massive system was put in place to encourage them to come back but, to my knowledge, one lieutenant colonel and one captain have applied to come back and be commissioned. In inviting people to return, the authorities have not ring-fenced the appointments to prevent those...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: Last night, the fifth report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges on Standing Orders 19, 20, 51 and 65 arrived in my mailbox. I see that the change to Standing Order 19 reduces the quorum to six. That is outrageous. This is a House of Parliament. We should not try to make it easy for Members to avoid sitting in the Chamber. The quorum has been used with great effect in recent...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The quorum-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: The quorum is a legitimate tool used in parliaments. It was used during my time as president of the TUI in order to ensure that something which is totally-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I would say that my time is probably only half-way through.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. This is wrong and I would ask the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, CPP, to go back.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2019)

Gerard Craughwell: It is wrong to reduce-----